On February 24, 2011, the 11th Annual Digital Music Forum East was held in New York City. The conference hosted a series of panels that…
South by Southwest (SXSW) is a music, film, and interactive festival and conference that is held annually in Austin, Texas. This most recent SXSW Music…
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The Beatles’ catalog is finally available for purchase on the iTunes music store.
The digital age of music has introduced new legal forms of music consumption that do not correlate clearly with the previous licensing laws
Lately, it seems that phrases like “direct-to-fan” and “fan funding” have been echoing off the walls. In the last few years, artists like Trent Reznor and Radiohead have pioneered a new kind of marketing using the Internet’s vast power of communication to make more personal connections with their fans. In many cases, this has yielded some overwhelmingly positive results –Reznor scored an in-pocket $750,000 in just a few days selling a limited-edition box set to fans in 2008.